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"Living Low - Training High" Methods and Physiological Responses in Well-trained Swimmers

Portugal36 participantsStarted 2024-02

Plain-language summary

To overcome the lack of knowledge regarding the impact of different "living low, training high" methods on swimming performance, a 4-week intervention will be carried out to determine and compare the effects of three Repeated Sprints in Hypoxia (RSH) methods with each other and with a control group. Our goal is to characterize and compare the adaptations in swimming performance and in cardiorespiratory, metabolic, and muscle oxygenation responses that can arise after a 4-week training period of RSH and RSH-voluntary hypoventilation (VHL) performed in a ski-ergometer.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 30 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Swimmers from both sexes; * With regular participation in National Championships; * More than five years of training experience; * No recent exposure/acclimatization to altitude; * No recent exposition to Blood Flow Restriction training. Exclusion Criteria: * athletes who had an acclimatization experience or exposure to altitude lasting more than 10 days in the last 6 months; * pregnant or postpartum women;

What they're measuring

Ventilatory thresholds and maximum oxygen consumption

Timeframe: Before and after 4 weeks of supervised training period

Lactate concentration

Timeframe: Before and after 4 weeks of supervised training period

Muscle oximetry

Timeframe: Before and after 4 weeks of supervised training period

Time-trial

Timeframe: Before and after 4 weeks of supervised training period

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06253039

SponsorFaculdade de Motricidade Humana

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-04

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